The golden shiner, Notemigonus crysoleucas, is a major bait and forage fish species in the
USA. Farmers produce millions of golden shiners annually that are distributed live, many …

The number of herbivores in populations of ectothermic vertebrates decreases with
increasing latitude. At higher latitudes, fish consuming plant matter are exclusively …

Generalist species commonly have a fundamental role in ecosystems as they can integrate
spatially distinct habitats and food-web compartments, as well as control the composition …

Grass carp (Ctenopharyngodon idella), native to eastern Asia, have established populations
throughout the Mississippi River basin and are now reproducing naturally in the Great Lakes …

Dietary shifts of invasive rudds Scardinius erythrophthalmus (Linnaeus, 1758) and food web
structure of the upper Niagara River were examined. Stable isotope analysis (SIA) of liver …

Simple Summary Niche widths and individual specialization were studied based on the
isotopic signals, but using the innovative and non-lethal approach. We analyzed four …

Herbivory by non‐native animals is a problem of growing concern globally, especially for
ecosystems where there were few native herbivores or where they have been replaced by …

Two basic ecological relationships, herbivory and competition, distinctively influence
terrestrial ecosystem characteristics, such as plant cover, species richness and species …

During the summer of 2012, we first observed non-native flowering rush Butomus
umbellatus (Linnaeus, 1753) in the upper Niagara River, NY, USA, where this species had …

Piscivory in cyprinids (Cyprinidae) is extremely rare. Specifically, common bream (Abramis
brama) and common carp (Cyprinus carpio) are zooplanktivorous fish in deep lentic waters …